KEITH CLARENCE M.

DOLLISON BSITM 1-YB-1

Discuss how the continents are formed according to the Continental Drift Theory.

According to the Continental Drift Theory the Earth’s land masses was slowly moving apart and
continents move an average of 2cm each year, also according to the hypothesis of continental
drift, this change is caused by the movement of tectonic plates, which separate from the land that
lies on top. Continents are individual, smaller landmasses that were created as a result of the land
spreading apart. The spreading of the seabed is the primary cause of continental drift. Land
masses, or continents, drift and move apart from one another as tectonic plates, also known as
enormous slabs of rock, move. Alfred Wegener, the principal proponent of this notion, first
proposed the idea of continental drift in 1912. Wegener hypothesized the existence of one sizable
landmass, commonly referred to as a single supercontinent, which he named Pangea. Later, he
proposed that Pangea split into smaller pieces between 250 and 200 million years ago. The
diverse components dispersed and evolved into the continents that make up our current
understanding of Earth.

Identify and describe the 7 continents of the world.

Seven different-sized continents make up the whole geography of the planet. Some of them have
connections to one another, while others don't. Different numbers of nations make up each one of
them. The seven continents of the world are named as follows: Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia,
North America, South America, and Antarctica. Around 71% of the surface of the Earth is
covered by water, and 29% is covered by land. In actuality, Pangaea, a gigantic landmass that
once included all seven of the world's continents, was formed billions of years ago. Asia is the
first continent. The continent is home to ten of the tallest mountains in the world, as well as the
two most populous nations in the world, China and India, as well as the largest country in the
world, Russia. There are 48 nations and 4,436,240,000 people living there. Then comes Africa.
Africa is the second-largest of the world's seven continents. It is 30,221,532 square kilometers
big. Australia comprises the third continent. Australia is the continent with the highest import
and production of wool in the world. This is due to the fact that there are 14 times as many sheep
as people on the world's smallest continent. North America is the fourth continent. North
America has the largest population density of the world's seven continents (22.9 people per
square kilometer), five time zones, and is the only continent having every type of climate. Then
comes Europe. Three oceans encircle Europe: the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Atlantic
Ocean to the west, and the Arctic Ocean to the north. South America, which has a land area of
17,840,000 square kilometers and a population of 422,535,000, is the next-to-last nation. Finally,
Antarctica. In addition to being the coldest area on Earth, Antarctica is also the highest, driest,
windiest, and most barren region. Due to the creation of ice around the perimeter in response to
these kinds of significant temperature changes, Antarctica is approximately 14.2 million square
kilometers bigger in the winter than in the summer. The Frozen Continent or the White Continent
are other names for it.